Journal-bearing.



A. C. DREW.

JOURNAL BEARING.

- APPLICATION FILED MAM. I9I6.

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- ARTHUR e. DREW,

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0F NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

- JOURNAL-BEARING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 24, 1917.

Application filed May 6, 1916. Serial No. 95,961.

To all whom zt may concern:

` Be it known that I, ARTHUR C. DREW, a citizen of the United States,and resident of New Bedford, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in J ournal-Bearings, of which the following is a speciication. A

This invention lrelates to a' journal bearing, and more particularlyy it relates to a journal bearing for` a. machine adapted to contain a fluid 'whereby4 the vjournal and bearing surfaces may tight compartment in communication with the Huid casing of the machine.

In machines such as paper-making machines, etc., where it is necessary tol operate a shaft in a fluid compartment, it has heretofore been common to employ a journal bearing mounted exteriorly of the fluid compartment of the machine and to vprovide a the Wall of the iuidl fluid-tight gland in compartment, whereby the bearing surfaces operate in a separate and distinct housing not in communication with the `fluid compartment of the machine. Such an arrangement is objectionable forseveral reasons. The maintenance of a fluid-tight gland is both dilicult and costly. The Huid-tight gland must be maintained inaccurate alinement with the journal bearing mounted eX- teriorly of the machine casing. In papermaking machines, for example, large cylinders or molds are rotated in the iiuid compartment by means of the paper felt which has comparatively small tensile strength, and it becomes highly desirable not only to reduce the friction in the journal bearings of the roller, but it is equally'essential to maintain substantially equalfriction atcthe two ends of each cylinder or mold and to maintain equal friction at the Various bearings of a train of cylinders ormolds, so that the paper felt may notA be subjected'to Varying tensions as it j With bearings of-the type above mentioned and otherl known types, it has been practically impossible to maintain a low, constant friction in the journalA bearings of a machine.

The principal object of this invention is to provide r4a journal bearing which maybe `be housed in a iuid-` faces adapted passes .through they machine.

built inthe wall of a Huid compartment in such a manner as to maintain a fluid-tight covering for the opening through which the vjournal projects, and to permit the bearing vsurfaces to be in a ltion-with the fluid compartment of the malchine. ate in the fluid contained in the machine, and owing to the fact that the journal houshousing in communica- Thus the bearing surfaces may opering is tightly secured to the casing and wholly surrounds the end of the shaft, the

necessity of packing glands is eliminated and the 'journal'bearing may be maintained fluid-tight indefinitely.

- Other objects -attained by my invention will be apparent from the following description and the accompanying drawing in which,

The figure is a vertical longitudinal crosssection of the journal bearing, shaft and machine casing, showing a portion of the machine in elevation.

In' the particular embodiment of my invention illustrated in the drawing, the shaft l is mounted to rotate lcasing 2, which may be adaptedqto contain a fluid such as water. The casing 2 is provided with a cylindrical member projecting inwardly from the casing and surrounding and concentric with the shaft l. A. housing 4 is secured to the outside of casing 2- by means of bolts 5 or other suitable fastening means. The member 3 and the housing 4 have interior cylindrical bearing surto coperate with bearing rollers 6 of ordinary construction. The interior member 3 is provided with an inturned flange 7 and the housing 4 has an offset portion 8 arranged to limit the endwise movement of bearing rollers 6. The reduced portion 9 of the housing 4 has a threaded opening in the end thereof to receive a screw 10 which is held in a fixed position by means of a loclcnut 1l, and which may be adjusted longitudinally to limit the endwise movement of the sh aft 1 which may, if desired, have an end portion 12 of reduced diameter. The cylinder or mold 13 secured to the shaft l is adapted to be driven by the felt 14 passing over the top of the cylinder or mold within the casing 2.

It will be noted that in the illustrated within the machiney rectly having an y opening embodiment of my invention the housing 4 completely surrounds the end of the shaft projecting through the fluid-casing 2, and that it may be tightly secured to the casing to maintain a fluid-tight compartment within the ournal bearing. @wing to the fact that the interiorr of the journal bearing is in communication with the interior of the casing 2, it is unnecessary to employ lubricating means for the bearing when the machine casing lcontains a fluid which may serve as a lubricant.

The shaft 1 may or may not be reduced at its end, as shown at 12, but in either event it has free longitudinal movement, eXcept as limited by the adjusting screw 10. lOwing to the fact that a portion of the bearing surface is inside the casing, namely, the inner surface of the cylindrical portion 3 of the casing, `the middle of the distributed pressure between the shaft and the bearing is morenearly in line with the plane of the casing. rl`hus the turning moment of the force exerted by the shaft on the housing l is reduced, and the tendency for the housing to be loosened from the casing above the shaft is correspondingly reduced. Owing to the fact that the clearance between the roller 6 and the annular member 3 is very small, as the housing tends to spring outwardly the inner ends of those rollers above the shaft engage the annular surface 3, and a portion of the turning moment acts dion the casing through the surface 3, thus further reducing the turning moment acting to loosen the housing from the casing above the shaft. n Thus, by my invention, a simple and elhcient journal bearing is provided which has been found to be particularly useful in paper-making machines where it is desirable to maintain a low and constant friction and at the same time to have'a bearing which obviates the use of packing glands, which may be maintained fluid-tight without difficulty.

I claim:

`1. A journal bearing comprising a casing to receive the journal, said casing having an annular bearing surface `inside thereof, a housing secured to the outside of said casing having an internal ybearing surface, and bearing rollers engaging 'said bearing surfaces.

2. A 'ournal bearing comprising a casing rhaving an -o-pening therein to receive a journal, a bearing having an annular bearing surface inside said casing, a housing secured to the-outside of said casing having an internal bearing surface in alinement vwith the said annular bearing surface, said surfaces forming a bearing concentric with said journal.

3. A journal bearing comprising a casing having an opening therein y,to receive a journal. an interior iange on said casing at least and I partially surrounding said opening, and a housing secured to said casing and surrounding the portion of said journal projecting through said casing, said ange and said casing having internal bearing surfaces.

4. A journal bearing comprising a casing having a circular opening to receive the journal, a member projecting inwardly from said casing, a housing projecting outwardly from said casing, said casing, n housing having internal bearing surfaces in alinement, bearing rollers engaging said surfaces and the journal, and means on said member and said housingto limit endwise movement of said roller' bearing. j

5. A journal bearingy comprising a 'supporting casing having an opening toi receive a shaft, a housing tightly secured to one side of said casing and having an interior bearing surface, said casing having an annular bearing surface on the other side thereof, and bearing rollers between the shaft and said surfaces, whereby a' portion of' theloa'd is carried by said 'annular bearing surface thus reducing the turning moment tending to loosen said housing from said` casing.

6. The combination with a machine casing adapted to contain a fluid,"a shaft ywithin said casing and projecting outwardly therethrough, a member integral with'and projecting inwardly from said casing, a housing tightly secured to the outside of said casing and surrounding the end of said shaft, 'said member and said housing'having internal bearing surfaces, bearing rollers positioned between said surfaces and said shaft, 'and an internal flange on said 'member and an offset portion on said housing to limit endwise movement of said roller bearing,

7. The combination with a machine casing adapted to contain a fluid, a shaft within said casing and projecting outwardly therethrough, a housing tightly secured to said casing and surrounding the end of said shaft, a member having a bearing surface within said housing arranged to allow free longitudinal movement of said shaft, and means within said casing for adjustably varying the longitudinal movement'of said shaft, whereby said adjusting `means and said bearing surface is housed in a fluidtight compartment communicating with the interior of said casing.

8. The combination with a machine casing adapted to contain a iiuid,'a shaft within said casing and projecting "outwardly through an opening therein, an xannular fiange projecting inwardly from said opening, a housing surrounding the Iend of the shaft and tightly secured to the outside`of said casing, bearing rollers engaging the interior surfaces of said flange andv said housing, and adjustable means within said housing to limit endwise movement of the shaft, whereby the adjustable means yand the member and f f bearing surfaces are housed in a fluid-tight a portion of which is Without said easing compartmentcommunieating with the intesurrounding the end of said shaft,and bear- 10 rior of said casing. n ing rollers between said shaft and said j our-V 9. The combination with a machine casing nely bearing.

5 adapted to contain ailuid, a shaft Within Signed by me at New Bedford, Mass., this Said casing and projecting outwardly there- 29th day of April, 1916. through, a journal-bearing forv seid` shaft a portion of which is within said casing and ARTHUR C. DREW.

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